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Friday, February 19, 2016

Buenos Aires Herald

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One day after the government announced income tax changes, President Mauricio Macri came on stage today to admit the national administration is not planning further modifications to the tax for this year. “Scales will be changed next year,” he said.
• A higher tax floor to help wage talks• Family allowances reach also expanded
All five education unions held a press conference to denounce the Mauricio Macri administration was “delaying” the signing of a salary accord, seeking to put a limit to provincial wage negotiations.
Energy and Mining Minister Juan José Aranguren announced the rolling power cuts scheduled for today in the City and Greater Buenos Aires were suspended due to a “change in the weather conditions.”
The federal government ratified its demand to have the orders restricting Argentina from servicing its restructured debts lifted in order to settle the legal dispute with so called "vulture" funds.
For the first time this month, the US dollar traded down after dropping one cent to close at 15.27 pesos in Buenos Aires City banks and foreign exchange offices, ámbito.com reported. In the informal market, the so called “blue” dollar jumped 8 cents to 15.43 pesos.
President Mauricio Macri formally invited Estela de Carlotto and members of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo human rights organization to a meeting at the Pink House on Tuesday next week.
Demonstrators will have 5 to 10 minutes to leave the streets or lift the protests and pickets blocking roads, Security Minister Patricia Bullrich said. On the contrary, they will be evicted by the security forces.
• Gov’t bans roadblocks by protesters

Prominent businessman Martín Blaquier, shareholder in Bingo Avellaneda, was found dead this morning at a hotel room in the BA Northern district of Pilar.
President Mauricio Macri and Italian premier Matteo Renzi today discussed bilateral issues during a meeting they held at the Government House and vowed to “relaunch bilateral relations.”
United States President Barack Obama will be visiting Argentina in March after his trip to Cuba, the White House confirmed in a statement today. 
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